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<title><b>Synthetic microbial communities (SynComs): Designing the next generation of biofertilizers and biocontrol agents</b></title>
<authors>M. Tejashree, S. Triveni, J. Sai Prasad, P. Samata, D. Sridevi</authors>
<keywords>Synthetic, microbial, communities, SynComs</keywords>
<pages>192-194</pages>
<issue_number>2 (5)</issue_number>
<issue_period>September, 2026</issue_period>
<abstract>For nearly a century, agricultural microbiology has relied on single-strain bioinoculants a <i>Rhizobium</i> culture for legumes, an <i>Azotobacter</i> or <i>Azospirillum</i> formulation for cereals, a <i>Trichoderma</i> or <i>Pseudomonas</i> product for disease suppression.</abstract>
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